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Many of the Ìýscheduled by the UK for Ìýhave beenÌývictims of torture, a medical charity has found, days before the government's widely condemned expulsionÌýplan faces a challenge in Britain's top court.

Doctors from Medical Justice, a British charity advocating for better health rights for detainees, said in a that it had conducted clinical assessments of 17 people told by the UK Home Office that they would be sent to Rwanda.

Fourteen of the migrants had "clinical evidence" that theyÌýhad been tortured, Medical JusticeÌýsaid, whileÌý15Ìýof them had post-traumatic stress or other complex health problems.

According to the charity, 11Ìýwere found to have had suicidal thoughts while in an immigration removal centre. One migrantÌýhad attempted twice to take their own life.

Medical JusticeÌýsaid there were also serious fears that some of those assessed may have been victims of human trafficking.

Of the six potential human trafficking victims, threeÌýwere told by one Home Office team they would be removed, despite other officials separately acknowledging the trafficking concerns, according to Medical Justice.

The charity said their assessments foundÌýthat the sheer prospect of being expelledÌýwas damaging the mental health of those impacted by the policy,Ìýincluding those who are still held in indefinite detention pending removal to the country.

They also said the asylum seekers were being subject to anÌýaccelerated and unclear process plagued by procedural deficiencies, a lack of legal advice, and a lack of translated documents.

"Our report shows extremely high rates of evidence of torture, trafficking, and other vulnerabilities in this group, to whom the government plan to deny assessment or interview before they are forcibly removed," DrÌýRachel Bingham, clinical advisor for Medical Justice.

"The policy knowingly places people in an extremely damaging situation and should be considered exceptionally harmful.

"As a doctor, what shocks me most is the total disregard for the need to assess the risks of subjecting individual people to this policy."

A Home Office spokesman told the BBC thatÌýMedical Justice's warnings that vulnerable people would be removed to Rwanda were incorrect.

"We have been clear from the start that no one will be relocated if it is unsafe or inappropriate for them," said a spokesman.

"Our thorough assessment of Rwanda has found that it is a fundamentally safe and secure country, with a track record of supporting asylum seekers."

The UK government in April announced it had reached an agreement with Rwanda to sendÌýasylum seekers to the southeast African country, to have their claims dealt with there. Migrants who have travelled through a third safe country or taken "illegal"Ìýroutes to the UK are eligible for deportation to Rwanda.

The government saidÌýthe scheme will help end people smuggling and dangerous crossings of the English Channel.

The plan is widely opposed by asylum experts, Ìý(±«±·±á°ä¸é).

The first planned flight was aborted in June after the European Court of Human Rights ÌýUK judgesÌýmust first rule on its legality. The Supreme Court'sÌýjudicial review of the policy will take place on Monday.

Reports last week said that theÌýgovernment was ,Ìýdespite the nearing court date.